Autistic spectrum disorder: Evaluating a possible contributing or causal role of epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 79-82

  Deonna, Thierry ^a   Roulet, Eliane ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorder; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 33750592733     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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